Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Fei Comapny

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Versuni Holding B.v.

Jan Martijn Krans

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Jia Du

Juergen Vogt

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Ype Bernardus Brada

Maarten Van Den Boogaard

Johannes T A Wilderbeek

Petronella Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

Jacob M J Den Toonder

Tim Tijs

Roy Raymann

John Edward Cronin

Alexander Henstra

Peter Christiaan Tiemeijer

Adrianus Johannes Maria Denissen

Joseph Bodkin

Georgo Zorz Angelis

Jan Bennik

Marcellinus P C M Krijn

Diederik Jan Maas

Tim Johannes Willem Tijs

Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder

Arlette Van Wissen

Dietwig Jos Clement Lowet

Rufus Eugen Deodatus Driessen

Paulus Dillen

Lucy Wade

Boris Emmanuel Rachmund De Ruyter

Michel P B Van Bruggen

Michel P B Bruggen

Thomas Jacob Theodoor Hagebols

Illapha Gustav Lars Cuba Gyllensten

Aki Sakari HÄRMÄ

Saskia Van Dantzig

A food processing device adapted to identify an ingredient and an associated recipe. The device includes a container for receiving an ingredient to be processed and a blending blade located in the container. The device further includes a sensor for sensing characteristics of the ingredient received at the container, a processor for analyzing the characteristics, and a communications system for sending the characteristics to a remote data processing resource for analyzing or further analyzing, where the analyzing is for identifying ingredient types for a plurality of added ingredients and for identifying a recipe consistent with the added ingredient types. The device further includes an output device for guiding a user to follow remainder of the identified recipe.

Food processing device and recipe guidance methods

A method for an alarm silencing or suppression routine following activation of a wake-up alarm on an electronic device (). The method comprises, following the alarm activation, monitoring () light levels at a light sensor () of the device and automatically silencing () or otherwise suppressing the alarm signal responsive to sensing () a light level at the sensor above a pre-defined threshold. Following alarm signal suppression, a further confirmatory monitoring period follows in which light levels at the sensor continue to be monitored (). If they fall to below a further predefined threshold (), or below the original silencing threshold, the alarm signal is reactivated (). This ensures that a user has not returned to a darkened environment a short space of time after alarm silencing, which might lead to the user falling back to sleep.

Wake-up alarm method

A computer-implemented method or system is provided for providing connecting relationships between wearable devices. The method includes measuring a first health parameter of a user via one or more sensors of a first wearable device; measuring a second health parameter of the user via one or more sensors of a second wearable device; determining an alert action based on a combination of the measurements of first health parameter and the second health parameter; and generating a notification to the user based on the alert action.

System and method for providing connecting relationships between wearable devices

The present application relates to a device for treating hair and/or skin. The device has a sensor () configured to detect an indicator on a user's hair and/or skin and a controller () operable to change an operating characteristic of the device in dependence on detection of the indicator.

Device and system for treating hair and/or skin

The present invention is related to a breath pacing device () for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject, comprising an output unit () for outputting a sequence of output signals, a control unit () provided to control the output unit, and an input unit () connected to or integrated into the output unit for generating an input signal related to a respiration characteristic of a subject. The control unit is provided to control the length of the sequence at least based on characteristics of the input signal. The invention is further related to a corresponding method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject.

Breath pacing device and method for packing the respiratory activity of a subject

A breath pacing apparatus and a method for pacing a respiration of a person include a haptic output unit with a variable haptically perceivable feature. The haptic output unit is configured to change the haptically perceivable feature periodically according to a sequence of desired respiration cycles, where a characteristic of the change of the haptically perceivable feature is related to a length of the respiration cycles in the sequence of desired respiration cycles.

Breath pacing apparatus, and method for pacing the respiration of a person

To provide a breath pacing system and a corresponding method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject that provide the possibility to adapt the output signal to the respiration characteristics of the subject automatically and effectively a breath pacing system () for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject and a respective method is proposed, comprising: an input unit () for generating or determining an input signal related to a respiration characteristic of a subject, a signal analyzing unit () provided to recognize a signal pattern within the input signal, and an output unit () for outputting output signals corresponding to a desired breathing sequence, wherein said output unit () is provided to be activated, upon a starting signal, to output a sequence of output signals comprising a signal pattern related to a previously recognized signal pattern.

Breath pacing system and method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject

A filament or fiber () comprising a volume modulation coloration producing substance (); containment means () for containing the substance in the form of an elongated core which containment means is at least partially light transmitting; and stimulation means () for stimulating the substance to produce a change in the volume of the substance, thereby changing the color of the filament or fiber.

Fibre or filament

A fabric () formed from a plurality of first fibers or filaments (), and a plurality of second fibers or filaments (); the first fibers or filaments being non-conductive and comprising an electro-optically active material; and the second fibers or filaments being conductive; whereby a voltage difference between two second fibers causes a colour change in a first fiber positioned therebetween.

Fabric

In the production of semiconductors it is necessary to inspect circuit patterns on wafers. In circuits having very small details (for example, 40 nm), inspection can be carried out by means of electron beam columns, a plurality of wafers then being inspected at the same time and the signals being compared on-line. In an inspection apparatus in accordance with the invention more beam columns to are provided for every wafer A, B, C in order to obtain a high feed-through rate. The inspection is carried out by way of an x-y scan and the wafers are fed through according to a rectilinear movement, thus providing the possibility of scanning only the Care Area Fraction of the wafers, resulting in a high feed-through rate for the wafers in the inspection apparatus.

Particle-optical inspection device especially for semiconductor wafers

The invention relates to wafer inspection by means of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) column in which the secondary electron detector is positioned centrally above the objective lens of the column. Secondary electrons that leave the central part of the specimen in a direction substantially perpendicular to its surface are inevitably collected in the central part of the detector surface where the bore for the primary beam is situated. Consequently, such electrons do not contribute to the detector signal. In order to avoid such a detrimental loss of signal contribution, it is proposed to provide a central electrode in the central bore such that secondary electrons that approach the bore are driven aside towards the electron-sensitive detector region

SEM provided with a secondary electron detector having a central electrode

Multi-beam lithography apparatus is used for writing patterns on a substrate such as a wafer for ICs. The patterns may have details of various dimensions. In order to enhance the production rate, it is attractive to write fine details with a small spot and large details with a large spot. It is known to vary the spot size by varying the emissive surface of the electron source. In accordance with the invention the spot size is varied by varying the size of the beam limiting aperture , thus enabling optimization of the beam current in dependence on the spot size. A preferred embodiment is provided with an additional (condenser) lens such that the object distance remains constant when the magnification of the lens system is varied.

Multi-beam lithography apparatus with mutually different beam limiting apertures

The detector,for the secondary electrons in a SEM provided with an electrostatic objective,is arranged ahead of the objective, thus enabling a high detection efficiency. According to the invention, the deflection of the beam is performed electrically and the deflection electrodes,are arranged between the detector,and the last two electrodes,of the objective. The beam deflection is realized by means of two oppositely directed electrical deflection fields in such a manner that the tilting point of the scanning motion is situated at the center,of the objective lens, thus avoiding additional lens defects and obstruction of the beam by the limited dimensions of the objective bore. This results in a large field of view, without loss of resolution. Furthermore, deflection by means of two oppositely directed fields has the effect that the paths,of the secondary electrons traveling to the detector,are shaped such that a larger part thereof reaches the detection material

SEM provided with an electrostatic objective and an electrical scanning device

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Jan Martijn Krans